vs Green Sea Turtle

Alexandrium minutum compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Chromista (Kromista)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Myzozoa (Myzozoa)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class	Dinophyceae (Dinophyceae)	Reptilia (Sürüngenler)
Order	Gonyaulacales (Gonyaulacales)	Testudines (Kaplumbağa)
Family	Ostreopsidaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Alexandrium	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Alexandrium minutum	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (Mexico), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Alexandrium minutum is a small, armored marine dinoflagellate known for producing saxitoxins responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning. It inhabits coastal and estuarine waters in temperate to warm oceanic regions worldwide. This photosynthetic protist can form harmful algal blooms that cause toxin accumulation in filter-feeding bivalve shellfish.